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WLU Coll PP. Print and Photographic Collections

 Collection Type
Identifier: WLU Coll PP

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

Carte de visite photograph of William E. Dold

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0144
Scope and Contents

A carte de visite photograph of William E. Dold taken by photographer Michael Miley in his Lexington (VA) studio between.

Dates: 1873 - 1874

Photograph of Frank Howard

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0158
Scope and Contents

This photograph is a platinum print of a Washington and Lee University (WLU) alumnus Frank Howard or possibly his younger brother Harry Howard. The siblings both attended WLU at the same time and graduated in the class of 1875.

Dates: 1900 - 1910

Copy of a photograph of Lylburn Downing High School class of 1961

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0160
Scope and Contents

A copy of an original photograph of students of the class of 1961 Lylburn Downing High School in Lexington, Virginia during their freshman year of 1957. Lylburn Downing School was an African - American school built in 1927. Student Amy Linette Tinsley is identified in the photograph.

Dates: 1957

Photograph collection of the Buena Vista, VA flood of 1969

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0161
Scope and Contents

Thirty-seven color snapshots of scenes from the aftermath of flooding of Buena Vista, Virginia in August 1969. The rains that led to the extensive flooding within particular areas Central Virginia along the Blue Ridge Mountains were from the remnants of Hurricane Camille which had made landfall on the Mississippi coast days before.

Dates: 1969

Tintype photograph of an unidentified man

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0162
Scope and Contents

A small tintype photograph of a suited man with a hat taken by Woodrich of Albany, New York. The tintype was discovered during a research survey called BookTraces by a team of scholars from the University of Virginia. The tintype was within a copy of the "Works of William Gilmore Simms."

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1860 - 1900

Photographs of Robert P. and James H. Rowan in their First World War uniforms

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0163
Scope and Contents

A real photograph postcard of Washington and Lee University ambulance driver James Rowan (WLU class of 1914) standing in front of his ambulance in France during the First World War. The second image in this collection is of Robert P. Rowan in his military uniform wearing the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Cross awarded to him for his heroism in combat as a corporal in Company A, of the 116th Infantry. The Rowan brothers were from Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Simpson House

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0186
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Photographs of the Liberty Hall Academy ruins

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0187
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1910

Two photographs of Washington and Lee University's Morris House

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0188
Scope and Contents

Two photographs of the Morris House located on the front campus of Washignton and Lee University. One image is a second generation print from an earlier negative of a snow covered Morris House - possibly taken by Michale Miley around 1900. The second photo is a snapshot fro the late 1960s. The house in 2022 is used as a campus guest house.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1968

An interior view of Washington and Lee University's Lewis Brooks Museum

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0189
Scope and Contents An original photograph of the interior of Washington and Lee University's Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural History which was located in Chavis Hall (formerly Robinson Hall) on WLU's front campus. The museum was funded by donor Lewis Brooks of New York and the artifacts, which included prehisotric bones, flora and fauna from the pre-hisotric eras and geological specimens. The collection was compiled and arranged by professor Henry A. Ward of Rochester, New York. The museum space was open from...
Dates: 1905 - 1920

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Newcomb Hall

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0190
Dates: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1935

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Reid Hall academic building

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0192
Scope and Contents

An assortment of approximately eighty-three photographs and negatives of Washington and Lee University's Reid Hall. The images span about one hundred years and include modern copies of earlier images as well as original photos.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1904 - 1990

Photograph of Washington and Lee University's former Student Union building

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0193
Dates: Majority of material found within 1935 - 1945

Photographs of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company - Lexington (Va) and Longdale (Va) Branches

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0201
Scope and Contents

Six contemporary photographic copies of earlier of scenes along the Lexington and Longdale branches of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Two images in this collection are from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Historical Society and cannot be reproduced without its permission. One of the photographs is attributed to Randolph Kean. The four smaller photos are copy prints from early student scrapbooks from WLU manuscripts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1952

Photograph of the Lexington Presbyterian Church manse

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0203
Scope and Contents

A mid-twentieth century photograph of the Lexington (Va.) Presbyterian Church manse located at the south end of Jefferson Street. The house is in the Gothic Revival style and was completed in 1848.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1975

Photograph of Nelson Street Baptist church in Lexington, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0204
Scope and Contents

This is a photo of the former Baptist Church located on Nelson Street (Route 60) in Lexington, Virginia, designed by architect James Crawford Neilson. This photograph was likely made by photographer Michael Miley. The church was constructed in 1879 and demolished in 1919.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1879 - 1905

Photograph of McCrum's Drug Store

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0205
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a modern photograph copy of a c.1920s-30s view of the McCrum's Drugstore on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia. The photo inlcudes two police officers and pedestrians in front of the store.



Dates: Majority of material found within 1915 - 1930